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Message no. 1
From: Keldon Mor <Keldon@********.NET>
Subject: Mystic Testing Grounds
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 14:09:33 -0500
I have a question that came up yesterday. Do you get the rep bonus if
you didn't use any Gear Cards? Another words, if you have spell cards but
don't use any you get the +10? or If you send 4 Hatchetman's with no gear at
all, would you get it since no other gear was used?
How about Silenced weapons while I'm at it, if one runner uses a
silenced Ares Predator and the other Stompers use nothing, is the alarm
reset or does everyone doing damage need a silenced weapon?

----for reference----
Mystic Testing Grounds- 20 pts, Bonus: +10 Reputation if Spell cards are the
only Gear cards
shadowrunning team uses to take Mystic Testing Grounds.

Peace,
Keldon Mor
Keldon@********.net
http://ww2.NetNitco.net/users/keldon/
Message no. 2
From: Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: Mystic Testing Grounds
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 15:01:14 -0700
Keldon Mor wrote:

> I have a question that came up yesterday. Do you get the rep bonus if
> you didn't use any Gear Cards? Another words, if you have spell cards but
> don't use any you get the +10? or If you send 4 Hatchetman's with no gear at
> all, would you get it since no other gear was used?

I'm under the assumption that the bonus is applied if Spells are used
and only Spells are used - otherwise nothing Mystic gets Tested.
Otherwise, you'd end up with Skwraaaaawk and Tin Man getting the bonus,
which doesn't quite make sense.

> How about Silenced weapons while I'm at it, if one runner uses a
> silenced Ares Predator and the other Stompers use nothing, is the alarm
> reset or does everyone doing damage need a silenced weapon?

Everyone needs to do damage silently -- or, more accurately, so long as
the Runners dealing Silenced damage deal enough damage, without relying
on un-Silenced Runners to add in their Threat Rating, the enemy croaks
without triggering the alarm.


- Matt

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Message no. 3
From: "James E. Frazer" <jimmicane@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Mystic Testing Grounds
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 14:33:56 -0700
> I have a question that came up yesterday. Do you get the rep bonus if
>you didn't use any Gear Cards? Another words, if you have spell cards but
>don't use any you get the +10? or If you send 4 Hatchetman's with no gear at
>all, would you get it since no other gear was used?
> How about Silenced weapons while I'm at it, if one runner uses a
>silenced Ares Predator and the other Stompers use nothing, is the alarm
>reset or does everyone doing damage need a silenced weapon?
>
>----for reference----
>Mystic Testing Grounds- 20 pts, Bonus: +10 Reputation if Spell cards are the
>only Gear cards
>shadowrunning team uses to take Mystic Testing Grounds.
>
I'm just telling you how we play it in my little group, this is by no means an official
ruling. For the Mystic Testing Ground, we've been playing it that you must have used a
spell. Why? Well, the spirit of the card is that you're gaining rep because you're out
there trying out spells on the testing ground. Just because Hatchetman is standing in the
middle of the testing ground in his birthday suit doesn't mean he gets your team more rep.

As for the silenced weapons, I remember hearing a while ago that if you can defeat the
challenge with only silenced weapons, then the other runners don't need to do their damage
and so you're not using anything that hasn't been silenced (I spose I could have made that
a little more clear).

In otehr words, lets say you have 4 Stompers, 2 with silenced Berretas (making them 8/8's)
and 2 with Katana's (making them 10/7's), and you go against a basilisk (6/5). Since the
Stompers with the silencers defeat the Basilisk alone, the alarm isn't triggered. Now
lets say you go against a Mage Strike Force that has been pumped to an 12/12 (A4). Since
you need to have the Katana Twins to come in to help defeat the Mages, walla, the alarm is
triggered. Also, people without equipment are still considered noisy).

That's just my opinion, I could be wrong...
Hurricane



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